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Two Ways Arizona’s Proof of Citizenship Law Might Get Reinstated
by Brentin Mock on June 18 2013, 1:01PM
Justice Scalia and Senators Cruz and Vitter are creating paths for Arizona to revive the proof of citizenship requirement.
Topics: /NOW, Politics, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Watch
US Supreme Court Strikes Down Proof of Citizenship Voting Law
by Brentin Mock on June 17 2013, 10:35AM
Proof of citizenship law in Arizona, which burdened Latino and Native American voters, has been struck by high court.
Topics: /NOW, Politics, Voter Suppression
U.S. Reports to U.N. on Ending Racial Bias, With No Plan of Its Own
by Brentin Mock on June 14 2013, 3:02PM
U.S. says it can do more to address racial injustice. Civil rights group agree.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW
Justice Filled the 48 Hours Surrounding Medgar Evers’ Assassination
by Brentin Mock on June 12 2013, 2:19PM
A chain of events concerning civil rights justice happened within 48 hours of Medgar Evers’ murder.
North Carolina Republican Lawmaker Likens Civil Rights Protesters to ‘Crazies’
by Brentin Mock on June 4 2013, 11:02AM
Over 300 arrested in five weeks of civil rights protests in North Carolina.
Virginia Governor Will Restore Nonviolent Felons’ Voting Rights
by Brentin Mock on May 29 2013, 9:33AM
Virginians with nonviolent felons no longer have to wait two years and apply for rights restoration, but violent felons still have to wait.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW, Politics
North Carolina Election Board Drops 56 HBCU Students From Voter Rolls Under Dubious Cause
by Brentin Mock on May 3 2013, 3:38PM
Close to 60 students at the historically black Elizabeth City State University were targeted by a county Republican Party chair who challenged their voter status for questionable reasons
Topics: /NOW
North Carolina Clergy Jailed While Praying for ’21st Century George Wallace’ Governor
by Brentin Mock on April 30 2013, 1:35PM
Seventeen arrests were made at a North Carolina protest.
Topics: Budget Cuts, /NOW, Politics
The Familiar and False Argument That Gay Rights ‘Shut Out’ Other Civil Rights
by Brentin Mock on March 28 2013, 3:46PM
Once again, with gay rights in the news, a black commentator tries to talk a fake debate into existence.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Media, /NOW
North Carolina: A Case for the Voting Rights Act’s Modern Relevance
by Brentin Mock on February 27 2013, 8:59AM
As the Supreme Court weighs whether the feds should maintain oversight in Southern election law, North Carolina proves why the answer is obviously yes.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics, Voting Rights Act
What Is Alabama’s Problem With the Voting Rights Act?
by Brentin Mock on February 26 2013, 8:46AM
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case that could deeply gut the historic law. To understand where this is going, it’s crucial to know how we got here.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, History, Politics, Voting Rights Act
From Selma to the Roberts Court: Reflections on Voting Rights History
by Brentin Mock on February 21 2013, 9:36AM
Diane Nash, Dorie Ladner and others who led and joined the March 1965 demonstrations that created the Voting Rights Act speak with Colorlines about their work then—and now.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, History, Voting Rights Act
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Joins the GOP Retreat on Voting Rights
by Brentin Mock on January 18 2013, 2:16PM
What a difference a hellish election can make. The governor who helped create Florida’s notoriously long voting lines now supports expanded early voting.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, /NOW, Politics
Why Were There Long Voting Lines in 2012? Virginia Holds Answers
by Brentin Mock on January 15 2013, 9:42AM
A congressional hearing seeks to find out what caused so much turmoil on Election Day.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
True the Vote is Reloaded, Still Firing Blanks on Voter Fraud
by Brentin Mock on January 11 2013, 1:17PM
True the Vote appears to be expanding, but their impact is contracting.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, /NOW, Politics
Virginia Governor Says Restore Voting Rights for Nonviolent Felon Offenders
by Brentin Mock on January 10 2013, 11:38AM
Gov. Bob McDonnell throws support behind two GOP-sponsored bills to automatically restore some felons’ rights.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, /NOW, Politics
The Lesson of 2012? It Was Never About Obama, It Was About Us
by Gihan Perera, Manuel Pastor on December 20 2012, 10:06AM
Manuel Pastor and Gihan Perera consider a year in which the racial justice movement surged.
Topics: 2013, Politics, Second Term
Voting Rights Haven’t Gotten Such Attention Since 1965. What Did We Learn?
by Brentin Mock on November 16 2012, 7:33AM
From early voting to poll watching, felony disenfranchisement to redistricting, 10 lessons from an election season in which voting itself was hotly debated.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Undeterred by the Long, Slow Line Toward Democracy
by Brentin Mock on November 7 2012, 10:54AM
Those long, snaking lines were about more than a vote. The people most battered and excluded from the nation’s politics and economy are refusing to be ignored.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Voter ID Confusion and Tea Party Poll ‘Monitoring’ in Pennsylvania
by Kai Wright on November 6 2012, 3:04PM
Election Protection watchers are hearing lots of reports about conflict over voter ID requirements at Pennsylvania polling sites.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, /NOW
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